326. Robert1 Tucker;225 born 1604/5 at Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, Eng;225 married Elizabeth Allen before 1639 at MA;225,61 died 11 Mar 1682 at Roxbury, MA; "age 78."225
He Debate as to the parentage of Robert Tucker. Tucker Genealogy of 1885 has the following (from "Kin of Milicene Smith"):
"1. William Tucker of Thornley in Devonshire. This direct connection has been proven in the following way: The report of the Visitation in County Kent for the years 1619-20-21, preserved in the Harleian Manuscripts, contain the early records of the Tucker family there and mentions several ancestors in direct line of the founders of the family in America. The information contained in those manuscripts was verified in 1908 by Deacon John A. Tucker of Milton, Mass., who visited Milton-next-Gravesend, where he had been given access to the Registry of Baptisms by the Rector of the ancient church of St. Peter and St. Paul. This Registry dates as far back as 1558 and in it were found the records of the baptism of his early ancestors, thus proving the Harleian Manuscripts to be absolutely correct. William Tucker married Josea or Isota Ashe, daughter of William Ashe, of Devonshire. (See Ashe family.) They had sons George, Thomas and John.
2. George Tucker, eldest son, married Maria Hunter, daughter and heir of John Hunter of Gaunte. This George Tucker was a man of note in Milton-next-Gravesend, the ancient place where in 1572 Queen Elizabeth conveyed the manor on him. They had five sons: George, Nicholas, Tobias, Mansfield and Daniel.
3. George Tucker, eldest son, resided in or near Milton-next-Gravesend in County Kent. His father, George, was mentioned in 1572 in a list of the 12 principal inhabitants of Milton-next-Gravesend, and he was third in importance in his city. This George was born about 1580 and married Mary Darrell, daughter of John Darrell of Calehill Esquire. (See Darrell line.) (He had married as his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Stoughton, and had one son, George, his heir.) By his second wife, Mary Darrell, he had John, Elizabeth, Maria, Robert, Henry, Sara, Hester, Anna and Martha. The sons George, John and Robert left England in 1636 and went to Bermuda where a relative of theirs, Capt. Daniel Tucker (most likely the Daniel their father's brother mentioned above), had been commissioned Governor February 15, 1615. George Tucker, the son by the first wife, being his father's heir to the estate in Tavistock in Devon, returned to England after the troubles there had been settled. John and Robert came to Massachusetts. Soon after this the Tucker family disappeared from Kent County and no further trace of it is found in the records of Milton-next-Gravesend, confirming the generally accepted tradition that about this time the younger generation emigrated to America.
4. Robert Tucker, third son and fifth child of George Tucker, came to Massachusetts and settled first at Weymouth. He was, according to the Visitation of Kent in 1619, aged 14 at that time, thus born 1604/5. He died in Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 11, 1682, aged 78. These dates help to prove that he was really the Robert mentioned in Visitation of Kent. He came to Massachusetts with Rev. Hull and after a short time at Weymouth moved to Gloucester, where he held office of Recorder and where it is probable some of his children were born. He was Town Clerk and Deputy to the General Court. He married Elizabeth Allen, probably a sister of Deacon Henry Allen of Boston. "
However, this was refuted in 1922 with the following (From "Bacon & Allied Families"):
"See "Tucker-Darrell" by Rufus Stickney Tucker, Ph.D., Cambridge, Mass., vol. 76, p. 232,N.E.H.&G.Reg. for refutation of ancestry of JOHN TUCKER of Hingham, as set forth in "The Genealogy ofthe Tucker Family" by Ephraim Tucker (1895) including:
"Wills prove that John and Robert Tucker, sons of George Tucker of Milton next Gravesend, co. Kent,were living in England after their namesakes appear in Massachusetts--John being in England in 1639,1642, and 1644, and his brother Robert being there in 1639, when according to the will of his half bro.George, he was evidently incapable of managing his own affairs. The English ancestry of these twosettlers of Mass. has yet to be discovered." (1922)."225,226 He "Robert Tucker, third son and fifth child of George Tucker, came to Massachusetts and settled first at Weymouth. He was, according to the Visitation of Kent in 1619, aged 14 at that time, thus born 1604/5. He died in Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 11, 1682, aged 78. These dates help to prove that he was really the Robert mentioned in Visitation of Kent. He came to Massachusetts with Rev. Hull and after a short time at Weymouth moved to Gloucester, where he held office of Recorder and where it is probable some of his children were born. He was Town Clerk and Deputy to the General Court. He married Elizabeth Allen, probably a sister of Deacon Henry Allen of Boston. "225 He "ROBERT, Weymouth 1638, had
Sarah, b. 17 Mar. 1639 and I think Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh,
beside possib. others, bef. or aft. rem. He was fin. in 1640, for upbraid.
James Britain, as a witness, call. him a liar, and said he could prove it,
of wh. the charact. of Britain may lead us to think he might be right;
rem. to Dorchester, that part wh. bec. in 1662, Milton, for wh. he was
rep. 1669, 80 and 1. Sarah, m. Aug. 1660, Peter Warren of Boston."61
Children of Robert1 Tucker and Elizabeth Allen were:
327. Benjamin2 Tucker (Robert1);61 born circa 1645;227 married Ann Payson, daughter of Edward Payson and Mary Eliot, circa 1670;60 married Elizabeth Gore before 1696;60 died 27 Feb 1713/14 at Roxbury, MA.227
He "Elizabeth Gore m. 2nd Benjamin Tucker before 1696; son of Robert and Elizabeth (Allen) Tucker of Milton, Mass.; b. about 1644-5 Weymouth, Mass.; d. 27 Feb. 1713-14 Roxbury*, as Lft. Benjamin Tucker; d. 27 Feb, 1713 by his gravestone in the Eustis Street Burial Ground. aged 69 y.
Benjamin Tucker m. 1st Ann Payson about 1670; dau. of Edward and Mary (Eliot) Payson of Roxbury*; bapt. 3 Nov. 1651 Roxbury*, as Ann dau. of Edward Pason; bapt. 30 Nov. 1651 Roxbury(+), as Anne dau. to Edw. Pason; d. after 1689.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker m. 3rd Mr. John Smith 31 Oct. 1723 both of Roxbury*, by Mr. Nehemiah Walter; son of John and Sarah (Woodward) Smith of Hingham, Mass. (History of Hingham); bapt. 18 Sept. 1653 Hingham; he was freeman there in 1679, and selectman 1709; d. 9 Jan. 1728-9 Roxbury, by his gravestone in the Eustis Street Burial Ground, as Mr. John Smith in ye 76th year of his age. "
60 He "BENJAMIN, Rox-
bury, s. of Robert, had Benjamin, b. 8 Mar. 1671; Jonathan, 14 May
1675; Ephraim, 16 Aug. 1677, Ebenezer, 10 Oct. 1679; Mary, 7 Aug.
1682; Edward, 8 Aug. 1684; and by w. Amy, says the rec. tho. she
may have been mo. of all the preced. had Joseph, 2 Nov. 1686; and by
w. Ann, wh. I think the same, as the rec. is very careless, had Eliz. 20
Dec. 1683. He d. 27 Feb. 1714, aged a. 60, as the gr.stone tells."61 He was inventory "Elizabeth Tucker one of the admrs. of the estate of her husband Benjamin Tucker late of Roxbury, housewright, made oath to the inventory 9 Aug. 1714. Mentions eldest son Benjamin Tucker, Jonathan Tucker, Joseph Tucker, Ann Sumner, Mary Clark. Benjamin, Ebenezer, & Joseph Tucker agreed to pay their mother Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker relict of the sd. Benjamin, but Jonathan refused to pay her" on 9 Aug 1714.60
Children of Benjamin2 Tucker and Ann Payson were:
There were no children of Benjamin2 Tucker and Elizabeth Gore.
328. Ann3 Tucker (Benjamin2, Robert1);61 born 1673;61 married George Sumner, son of George Sumner and Mary Baker, 1694;61 died 1752.61
Children of Ann3 Tucker and George Sumner were: